When you name a park after someone, you would think their life's passion would be the central theme of the park. We thought
Fred Anderson was known for Jazz and his legendary Velvet Lounge at 67 East Cermak.
A reader recently
sent us a link to a post on the website of the South Loop Dog Park Action Cooperative about the final design for the Fred Anderson Park. Naturally, they primarily look at the dog portion of the park. For those interested in the final plans take a look below:
While we love dogs and it looks like a nice park, we were surprised to see these designs. While it's hard to see, between the small dog area (just under the "b" line slightly left of center) and the large dog area (stretching from the bottom left corner top right corner) it seems like over 75% of this park is dedicated to dogs. Maybe Fred Anderson was more a dog lover than a Jazz lover?
Forgive us if we are out of the loop on this, but wasn't part of this park supposed to be
dedicated to a patio for Acadia? We heard that it was supposed to be split 1/3 for dogs, 1/3 for jazz and 1/3 for patio for Acadia.
Apparently Acadia lost out to the dogs.
At least they won a Michelin star.
(Hat tip: D!)
